An example of amazing ranking in Google

I did a search in Google for the word "Search".What listed as the first entry on the first page? ... Yahoo!

How that first sucess can keep you motivated.

Hahahahahahaha...[hysterical laughter]Ok... I've been blogging for over 6 years now, but it was always a hobby.2 months ago, I decided to try and earn some money from this, so I started jazzing up the site. I had a look at the content and started culling the posts that were just fluff. Then I started looking at the existing posts and rewriting them to make them more appealing. I started adding graphics and adding extra value through infographics, etc.In each post that I've added affiliate links

How too much information is definitely not helping

3 months ago I decided to get serious with my blog. I've been blogging since 2010, only wrote for the fun of it.I didn't know anything about monetization, keywords, writing for engagement, graphics, traffic generation, etc, etc.So I started a bit of an ad-hoc education process. I did a google search. The first thing that I read was an interview with Pat Flynn. I also discovered Wealthy Affiliates.But I was so hungry for knowledge that I continued looking at different posts on the net. These wer

Feeling the rush

I've heard of the rush of excitement that many bloggers have felt when they make their first sale (affiliate link, or own product).Well - I haven't got there yet, but was really excited this morning when a reworked post (that I originally wrote 6 years ago, but have recently improved/tightened) got a mention in another post. An excellent beginning. It's something that really motivates me to keep going. It's all about great content, but it also helps if the post/blog is appealing to look at (tha

Why I have subscribed to Jaxxy - confession of a newbie

Currently, I'm doing a content upgrade on an old blog of mine. This includes retro-fitting it for SEO optimization. So I've been entering a key phrase into th appropriate box and making sure that all the green lights come on (I'm using Yoast SEO tool).Newbie MistakeBut you not what? The key phrases that I am using are ones that I thought was most appropriate. Not necessarily what people are searching for. (I think that this is a classic newbie mistake.)Being SmartSo, I decided to take the plung

Newbie Excitement

Set up a subscription CTA, yesterday,on my web site. Checked today, and I've got two subscribers!! (Wheeeee!!) Partytime! :O)

I'm hunting for Broken Links

My non-WA blog has been running for awhile. I have recently moved it from a wordpress.com site to a self-hosted. I'm busy at the moment revamping it, and pimping it up a bit so that I can monetize it, Part of the tidy-up has lead me to check for broken links.Phew - there are quite a few.I tried an online tool (http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/) and this returned an excellent list of broken links, along with the page, and even showed in the source code where the link was. However, there was no eas

Multiple Streams - what else am I doing to achieve my vision?

I really love the idea of passive income. That's what's going to help me attain my vision (see my other post "Why I am here - a short life story".However, passive income isn't going to happen straight away. So while I'm working on that, I am trying to get involved with other activities.Other Activities The other projects I'm getting involved with include:Overhaul & Redesign of a website for a non-profit.This is something that I learnt about through family member. The "client" is a foundati

Why I am here - a short life story

So - why am I here? "Here" being Wealthy Affiliate. ...Probably, the same reason everyone else is here ... to learn.That's nothing special about me. My situation is probably not unique. And my path to WA is, also, probably not unique.Me and my BlogAfter working 20 years in IT, I still did not know what I thought about things. I knew what others thought (because that's what I read on the internet), but I didn't really have my own thoughts. So I started a blog. And I wrote. It was a hobby, and it